Metro Health Director Colleen Bridger said raising the legal tobacco purchasing age to 21 would cut into the "pipeline of availability" for high school kids to get access to cigarettes. Click ahead to see which San Antonio-area schools had the most students involved in drug-related incidents in 2015-2016. less

Metro Health Director Colleen Bridger said raising the legal tobacco purchasing age to 21 would cut into the "pipeline of availability" for high school kids to get access to cigarettes. Click ahead to see which ... more

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Click ahead to see which San Antonio-area schools had the most students involved in drug-related incidents in 2015-2016.

25. Alamo Heights High SchoolAlamo Heights Independent School District

Metro Health wants to know — should the legal age to buy tobacco products in San Antonio be raised to 21?

Right now, San Antonio residents can enjoy their 18th birthday with a smoke, but if Tobacco 21 is implemented that could change. Metro Health is conducting a survey to see where San Antonians stand on raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.

The potential new policy would apply to cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes, hookahs and chewing tobacco.

“We know that the vast majority of high school kids get their cigarettes from people ages 18 to 21 so if we were to raise the legal age to 21, then we are cutting into that pipeline of availability for high school kids to get access to cigarettes,” said Metro Health Director Colleen Bridger.